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National Lutheran Choir: While Angels Sing

Song Name   Composer   Arranger
Restoration   Benjamin Edwards
Morning Star, In Darkest Night
Come, Awake   Zoltan Kodaly
I Beheld Her   Healey Willan
Magnificat   Rene Clausen
Tota Pulchra Es   Francis Poulenc
A Spotless Rose   Herbert Howells
Now, O Come, My Soul's True Light
Et Incarnatus Est   Johann Sebastian Bach
A Christmas Carol   Zoltan Kodaly
O Magnum Mysterium   Tomas Luis de Victoria
Shining Stable In The Night
Maria Sat In Cattle Stall   Guenter Raphael
While Angels Sing   Paul J. Christiansen
Gloria   Dave Brubeck
Born Today   Jan Sweelinck
Come, Return, And On That Day
Hush, My Dear   Larry L. Fleming
In Dulci Jubilo   Samuel Scheidt
Now All Poor   Paul J. Christiansen
This Is The Christ   Johann Sebastian Bach
O Light Everlasting   Olaf C. Christiansen

Directed by Larry L. Fleming

A professional choir from Minnesota, the Choir perform selections from a divergent literature. This is a seasonal recording, emphasizing classical compositions, not carols, and is subtitled 'The Light Is Come'; loosely defined, the theme is the birth cycle of Christ. Works by Kodaly, Clausen, Poulenc, Bach, Christiansen and others are performed, with the exception of Dave Brubeck's 'Gloria,' a flamenco arrangement, and the recording's wild card. Several of the tracks are accompanied, such as 'This Is The Christ,' but with pristine and restrained orchestrations, lovely indeed. In keeping with the CD's seraphic motif, the choir's tone color is one of brilliance and purity.

6429 00 1 CD $15.98   Mixed | Chorus | United States | Mixed Choir Christmas